Make a Difference Mondays: Give Back Yoga

Make a Difference Mondays is a new series here at IntentBlog to spotlight individuals, organizations, and causes making a positive difference in our global community. We’ll also be sharing opportunities for engagement and suggesting tangible actions you can take to make the world a better place.

Who They’re Serving: Veterans, incarcerated adults, at-risk youth, and many other under-resourced and under-served groups

Mission: The Give Back Yoga supports and funds certified yoga teachers to offer the teachings of yoga to under-served and under-resourced socio-economic segments of the community.

Why We Chose Them: Give Back Yoga is one of the few yoga service organizations dedicated to helping support existing or up-and-coming projects. By supporting projects in many different communities, their impact is multiplied manifold. We also appreciate the organization’s broad vision: “Yoga has the potential to inspire and motivate the entire community towards greater awareness and compassion, not just for individuals but for the planet as a whole.” (GBY website)

How You Can Make a Difference:

Interested in starting a project to teach yoga in a prison, shelter, or community center in your community? Apply for a Give Back Yoga Foundation grant here.

Volunteer your time to support one of the ongoing projects GBY has funded. Check out the list here.

Purchase an item from the GBY store. 50% of proceeds from most items go to support the work of the foundation.

“The experience of yoga takes us from “self-centered” to ”community-centered” and beyond. We believe we can pass the gift of yoga, one person at a time, thus empowering individuals and building communities, and helping to reduce suffering in this world.”